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Pompeii has fascinated for centuries, and archaeological excavations continue to uncover the buried ruins of this civilization sealed by the fire of Vulcan in a single night in AD 79. Its history was frozen forever by the flow of lava from Vesuvius and preserved its treasures worthy of the greatest splendor of Rome for centuries.
These tragedies made this place a Phoenix of ancient works of art, so this place has become a world heritage of humanity under the protection of Unesco. Pompeii was prosperous thanks to its trade and its fertile lands. Works of art adorned the homes of wealthy practitioners, and archaeologists are always amazed at the treasures they manage to pull out of this earth so fertile in discoveries that exceed their wildest expectations.
Thus are revealed works of great beauty, striking portraits of perfectly preserved women and goddesses and frescoes of animal scenes. Exceptional mosaics and craft objects stand alongside the skeletons of the victims of this ancient tragedy.
The Reunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais offers its public an experience of a new kind by bringing Pompeii to life thanks to cutting-edge technologies deployed on the site itself to take very high resolution shots and reconstruct 3D images of ‘a living precision.
These impressive digital experiences accompanied by city sounds and original music allows visitors to fully immerse themselves in the heart of Pompeii. He thus finds himself caught up in the effervescent life of the streets of the city until its doom and its glorious rediscovery since the 18th century.
Cover of the exhibition catalog
17 × 24 cm, 192 pages, 25 €, 200 illustrations approximately, in bookshops on March 25, 2020 © National Museums Meeting-
Grand Palais, 2020
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